Phoenix: Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2006

Desert Botanical Garden: Sep 30, 2006


Gambel's Quail (male) (188k)

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Gambel's Quail (female) (176k)

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Roadrunner (76k)

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Great Horned Owls (76k)

Owls have red-eye too (76k)

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Fountain Hills: Oct 1, 2006

World's highest fountain


That's a big fountain (the egret on it stands 3' tall) (164k)

Great Egret, landing on fountain (148k)

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Along the Salt River: Oct 1, 2006


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Nicippe Yellow (Eurema nicippe) (88k)

Dogface (Zerene cesonia) (48k)

Padres vs. Diamondbacks: Oct 1, 2006

Last regular season game


Mike Piazza at bat (168k)

Adrian Gonzalez scores on wild pitch (140k)

Mike Piazza at third (144k)

Brian Giles at third (120k)

Across the field... (152k)

Waiting for a new pitcher (Embree, bottom of 7th) (112k)

Blum, Greene, Barfield while Embree warms up (148k)

Luis Gonzalez' last at bat with Diamondbacks (bottom of 8th) (116k)

Luis Gonzalez, top of 9th (192k)

Luis Gonzalez, curtain call after being subbed out (152k)

Padres win game and division with umpire's (Poncino) reversed call (140k)

Um... let's just make sure... (152k)

Now the Diamondbacks manager is pissed... (152k)

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Leaving the field (148k)

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